Artificial intelligence will clearly play a major role in iOS 18 and any other software updates that Apple will tell us about on June 10, and new leaks reveal more about what’s coming in AI later this year.
These leaks come from people familiar with the software AppleInsiderand focus on the generative AI capabilities of the Ajax Large Language Model (LLM) that we have been hearing about since last year.
AI-powered text summaries – covering everything from websites to messages – will apparently be one of the big new features. We previously heard this would be coming to Safari, but AppleInsider says this functionality will also be available through Siri.
The idea is that you can get the most important points from a document, a web page, or a conversation thread without having to read through it in its entirety – and Apple will likely provide some guarantees about accuracy and reliability.
Fast and private
Ajax will be able to generate responses to some prompts entirely on Apple devices, without sending anything to the cloud, the report says – and that echoes previous rumors that everything will run locally.
That’s good for privacy, and for speed: according to AppleInsider, responses can be returned within milliseconds. There would also be tight integration with other Apple apps, including the Contacts app and the Calendar app.
AppleInsider mentions that privacy warnings are shown when Ajax requests information from another app. If a response from a cloud-based AI is needed, there are rumors that Apple could enlist the help of Google Gemini or OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Spotlight on macOS will also get “more intelligent results and sorting,” says AppleInsider, and it looks like most apps on iOS and macOS will get an AI boost. Expect to hear everything Apple has been working on at WWDC 2024 in June.